Congratulations to Quinta do Portal for the recent awards on their wines
by ABS Wine Agencies, 31st May 2023
ABS Partners Elliot Awin and Michael Awin feature in Drinks Retailing 100 most influential people in drink 2023
Now cider lovers are being told to start ageing their finest bottles, just as they would a Bordeaux or Burgundy wine. France’s first vintage ciders are being dispatched to customers, in a move that connoisseurs hope will revolutionise its image.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 23rd May 2023
We are holding a free pour tasting of a carefully curated selection from our West Coast USA growers, focussing on new release wines and some very special parcels.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 22nd May 2023
by ABS Wine Agencies, 16th May 2023
Find out more about Payten & Jones here on our website: https://abs.wine/our-wineries/payten-and-jones/
by ABS Wine Agencies, 15th May 2023
Mental health matters! Join us in spreading awareness and understanding about supporting our mental health. We are pleased to be working with What it Means to be Different, a cider brand conceived to raise awareness of diversity without discrimination, with the proceeds going to support hospitality, with 1:1 therapy sessions. Developed with Herefordshire cider producers Little Pomona and created with the awareness project Wrestling Demons, these ciders are made 100% from juice, not from concentrate. The bold packaging and name were devised to ask an open question and to start a conversation.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 12th May 2023
Some time over the past couple of years, the weight of evidence (measured in the strictly scientific unit of empty bottles per week) began to point to an unexpected conclusion: the single most improved, exciting, and all-round high-performing wine country in the world right now might be Germany. Most impressive is the pinot noir (or spätburgunder), which has emerged in the 21st century as a genuine challenger to burgundy.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 19th April 2023
The second the sun comes out I hate myself because I just want to drink rosé. And for me, like all other female millennials, it must be pale — like this delicious and dangerously drinkable Quatre Vin Côtes de Provence. (It took all my might not to title this “Rosé All Day”.)
by ABS Wine Agencies, 18th April 2023
Brännland are today finalizing the blend of the 2022 ice cider (17/04). A very even and smooth vintage, entirely fermented using the wild yeast in the winery to around 9-9.5% ABV, with an unusually, for them, high amount of residual sugar
by ABS Wine Agencies, 17th April 2023
This summer, the IWSC is bringing its international awards to Somerset, South West England, to judge cider, perry, and fruit wine made from 100% juice, not from concentrate. The 2023 competition – now in its third year – is open to all cider, perry and fruit wine makers whose products only contain freshly pressed and fermented fruit, or fruit must, using no concentrates or added water, flavourings or colourings. The South West of England is renowned for its cider and perry, and in collaboration with Cider is Wine, the IWSC looks forward to bringing a panel of internationally recognised judges to Somerset to taste entries submitted from all over the world.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 5th April 2023
by ABS Wine Agencies, 1st April 2023
The Federalist - Buy 12 Bottles 2 Extra Free. For each case of Federalist purchased, receive 2 additional bottles of the least expensive wine free. Rutherford Hill - Buy 12 bottles get 1 Extra Free Of Rutherford Hill Merlot & Rutherford Hill Cabernet Sauvignon. Offers run 1st April – 31st May 2023. For more information contact your Account Manager.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 29th March 2023
Grgich Hills Estate Receives Regenerative Organic Certification, Taking Sustainable Wine Production to New Heights
1st PLACE M A S D E C A D E N E T G R A N D E G A R D E R O S É 2020 "A superior Provençal rosé that had been fermented and matured in oak - without any of the oak flavours being overt. On the contrary, it was the tension, purity and texture that convinced us. Made from Grenache and Syrah, it ticked all the boxes - and once revealed was indeed road-tested again with food." 93 points : “Redcurrant, the merest hint of strawberry and a touch of lemon appear on the nose. The palate then majors on the lovely and tart but wonderfully aromatic note of redcurrant. This is slender, taut, bright, gentle, vivid and elegant.”
by ABS Wine Agencies, 14th March 2023
Billie Eilish's 2021 album is a perfect listen while drinking the complex ethereal and globally respected red-grape pinot noir. Pinot noir and the 21-year-old star Eilish share plenty of features, and her effortless melodies and poignant lyrics on this album are a real treat with a glass.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 17th February 2023
by ABS Wine Agencies, 14th February 2023
by ABS Wine Agencies, 23rd December 2022
by ABS Wine Agencies, 22nd December 2022
Awin Barratt Siegel Wine Agencies (ABS) is partnering with House Coren, to distribute their sparkling wine, Boco. This is the first English wine to join the ABS portfolio. House Coren in West Sussex is owned and run by Managing Director William Coren (33) and his family.
by ABS Wine Agencies, 20th December 2022
If you are thinking cider isn't wine, you may have to re-evaluate your position after trying some of these ciders" Guzman Riestra Sidra de Hielo "goes perfectly with ice cream desserts, meringues and fruit desserts....this is an unusual cider" Brannland Claim Iscider "if you think about it cider is actually wine" "maybe we should be thinking of these luxury ciders as wine and not cider"
by ABS Wine Agencies, 19th December 2022